The World Bank estimates Brazil’s economy will shrink 2.5 per cent this year, and while it is still struggling to pay off its World Cup bills, the government allocated 9.7 billion US dollars from the public and private sectors to fund the facilities and administration of the Games.
Following the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Rio and in the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games there were protesting riots in the streets of Brazil. The riots were born from a small protest which came to